According to Simon Rauber, an immunologist in Erlangen and primary author of the study, a previously inadequately studied cell population of the immune system called innate
lymphoid cells plays a major role in the resolution of inflammations.
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Further investigation revealed that the increased susceptibility was due to a reduction in production by the innate
lymphoid cells of IL - 22, a protein that
plays a key role in the intestinal immune response.